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- Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:43 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: "Self inquiry" in Zen, Chan, etc
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8478
Re: "Self inquiry" in Zen, Chan, etc
It's beyond a doubt that it's the same technique, going all the way back to figures like Bodhidharma, Dogen, and Linji (Rinzai): “A special transmission outside the scriptures, Not founded upon words and letters; By pointing directly to one’s mind It lets one see into one's own true nature and thus ...
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 4:42 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: stream winner in Tibetan (རྒྱུན་དུ་ཞུགས་པ། rgyun du zhugs pa)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 444
Re: stream winner in Tibetan (རྒྱུན་དུ་ཞུགས་པ། rgyun du zhugs pa)
Thank you so much!
- Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:56 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: stream winner in Tibetan (རྒྱུན་དུ་ཞུགས་པ། rgyun du zhugs pa)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 444
stream winner in Tibetan (རྒྱུན་དུ་ཞུགས་པ། rgyun du zhugs pa)
How is (རྒྱུན་དུ་ཞུགས་པ།) rgyun du zhugs pa pronounced?
- Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:44 pm
- Forum: Rinzai
- Topic: Japanese translation of Huatou
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1359
Japanese translation of Huatou
Does anyone know the Japanese characters for this:
Chinese, Huàtóu,话头
Korean, Hwadu, 화두
Japanese, Wato, ???
For reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hua_Tou
Chinese, Huàtóu,话头
Korean, Hwadu, 화두
Japanese, Wato, ???
For reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hua_Tou
- Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:56 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Is this the bodhisattva Tara?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 504
Re: Is this the bodhisattva Tara?
Actually I don't think it's Tara. It's in Bali apparently, and seems to be the Hindu goddess Ramayana.
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- Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:36 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Is this the bodhisattva Tara?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 504
Is this the bodhisattva Tara?
It looks like it could be but it seems the hands aren't in the typical mudra.
- Mon May 10, 2021 7:21 pm
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Buddhist Death Metal Group
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1220
Buddhist Death Metal Group
I just found this and I'm a little...stunned.
https://www.flipsyde.live/buddhist-deat ... PL4fD77ocs
https://www.flipsyde.live/buddhist-deat ... PL4fD77ocs
- Mon Apr 12, 2021 1:01 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Purpose of meditation (humor)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 451
Purpose of meditation (humor)
mm.jpeg “If there's anything I learned from Tibetans it's that this practice is great fun. It wasn't just misery. It was a wonderful, joyful thing to be engaged in, as well as difficult and as well as hard and all of the other things as well. But it was this joyfulness that was the heart of the pra...
- Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:42 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Emptiness based on causes, parts, and mind
- Replies: 0
- Views: 719
Emptiness based on causes, parts, and mind
Jeffrey Hopkins and the Dalai Lama refer to these three bases of emptiness. Does anyone know who first formulated them this way? Was it Tsongkhapa?
Thank you.
Thank you.
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 11:54 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Why did Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche have long hair?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2515
Re: Why did Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche have long hair?
Ahhh now I understand. I didn't know about Ngakpas. Now it makes sense.
Thank you everyone.
Thank you everyone.
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 5:21 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Why did Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche have long hair?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2515
Re: Why did Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche have long hair?
Was he a monk? Why did he wear monastic robes?
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 2:00 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Why did Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche have long hair?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2515
Why did Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche have long hair?
In all the photos I see of him he has long hair for a monk. I'm just curious why he didn't shave it and why this wasn’t a problem under monastic rules. Just curious.
- Mon Jun 17, 2019 4:36 pm
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: The Experience of Buddhism Sliding into Nihilism
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3532
Re: The Experience of Buddhism Sliding into Nihilism
Now to my point, or what I am struggling with. I feel like by letting go of the ego, attachments, and seeking pure awareness, I am inching closer to nihilism where nothing matters and everything is ultimately meaningless. This is not a place where I want to be. Strictly speaking, you're not letting...
- Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:22 pm
- Forum: Language
- Topic: Conditionality, Idapaccayatā
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1752
Re: Conditionality, Idapaccayatā
Excellent! I don't know how I missed that I did so many searches. Thank you both!
- Sat Jun 15, 2019 4:26 pm
- Forum: Language
- Topic: Conditionality, Idapaccayatā
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1752
Conditionality, Idapaccayatā
There is a term in the Pali Canon called "idapaccayatā", which has been translated as conditionality, or causality. This is similar to dependent origination, which uses a different term (paṭiccasamuppāda, Pali; pratītyasamutpāda, Sanskrit). Is anyone aware of a Sanskrit equivalent of idapa...
- Fri Nov 23, 2018 4:48 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Three bases of emptiness
- Replies: 1
- Views: 734
Three bases of emptiness
I’ve seen the Dalai Lama and other scholars refer to emptiness based on:
1. Causes
2. Whole/parts
3. Mind/conceptuality
Does anyone know the original source of this breakdown? Thank you.
1. Causes
2. Whole/parts
3. Mind/conceptuality
Does anyone know the original source of this breakdown? Thank you.
- Thu Nov 22, 2018 8:07 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Three Bases of Emptiness
- Replies: 0
- Views: 684
Three Bases of Emptiness
I’ve seen the Dalai Lama and other scholars refer to emptiness based on:
1. Causes
2. Whole/parts
3. Mind/conceptuality
Does anyone know the original source of this breakdown? Thank you.
1. Causes
2. Whole/parts
3. Mind/conceptuality
Does anyone know the original source of this breakdown? Thank you.
- Sun Nov 18, 2018 5:25 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Bodhicharyavatara - study tips
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1423
Re: Bodhicharyavatara - study tips
Pema Chodron’s No Time to Lose is actually quite good.
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 4:40 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: nagarjuna basics?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7636
Re: nagarjuna basics?
I believe that Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso's Sun of Wisdom is by far the most approachable and understandable introduction to Nagarjuna. After reading that, you can make more sense out of other translations of the MMK. I like Garfield's the best. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51dDi%2B...
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 4:34 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Source of "chop wood, carry water"?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5150
Source of "chop wood, carry water"?
Does anyone know the origin of "Before enlightenment chop wood, carry water… after enlightenment chop wood, carry water!" I can't find it in any of the texts I'm aware of.